Research Question: How can the parents get involved in extra curricular activities? Contributed by: Stefanie Szelingowski
1.) This article is about a mother and her child, she enrolled him in three team sports, church activities, scouts, and had piano lessons twice a week. Kevin(*) was anxious, having trouble sleeping, and complaining that he was tired all the time. Doctors concluded that he had too much of a stressful schedule. His mother thought that they were crazy. Stress isn't always a bad thing. Your over scheduled child could be missing out on time to play in a natural creative way, family relationship, extended family relationships, and self-awareness. To relieve stress on your child, eliminate some but not all activities. The symptoms for an over scheduled child are, headache, upset stomach, tearful over minor things, continual fatigue, irritability, thumb-sucking, bed wetting, disinterest in activities once enjoyed, clinging more to parents, complaining abut homework, chores or other responsibilities, frequent arguing, declining grades, behavioral problems.
Elkins, David. "The Overbooked Child: are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard?" Pyschology Today 36 (2003): 64-70. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO Host. 24 Nov. 2007.
With this article I felt that even though sports and activities are a good thing to get your child involved with, you must keep an eye out for if you are pushing your child to hard. You can easily relieve the stress that is on your child.
2.) This article involves some fundamental principles to help make decisions about what might work best for your family. They are limit activities, develop healthy skepticism, give yourself a break, family is a priority, buyer beware, character counts, be unproductive, childhood is a preparation, not a performance, pleasure has a place in parents' lives, pleasure has a place in kids' lives too, leave empty spaces on your calendar, there is no single right way to parents, and as a parent you must trust yourself.
This article included good ideas on ways to keep the entire family active in extra curricular activities. This is important because if the family isn't happy then each person in the family will feel like they are under stress.
Wise, Nicole, and Alvin Rosenfeld. "The Overscheduled Child." Hyper Parenting. 24 Nov. 2007 <http://www.hyper
parenting.com/start.htm>.
3.) Sports are the most prevalent organized after-school activity for 22 million youth ages 5-17 i the United States. Another 21 million children are involved in school athletics or organized weekend sports activities. Sports can be fun and engaging way for children and youth to learn some important lessons about life. Participating in sports can foster responsible social behaviors, greater academic success, and an appreciation for health and fitness. Participating on a team can also give children a sense of belonging that they need. In contrast, research shows that a win-at-all-cost atmosphere in a youth sports program is harmful to youth's development. In such a situation the benefits that sports have to offer are lost. In addition, negative experiences in sports are linked to low self-worth and fear of failure. Adults involved in youth sports play a crucial role in preventing this from happening.
What you can do as a parent is to take time to learn about youth development, respect your child's need for knowledge. Be careful not to push your thoughts, ideas, and dreams onto your child. Remember that sports are primarily on opportunity to learn and have fun. Ask these questions before committing your child to sports.
When picking a sport or extra curricular activity parents need to understand their child's development level, interest in a particular sport, skills or talents, and emotional and physical needs. As a parent, you need to raise the following questions before making the commitment to enroll your child in a sports organization or program.
Mothers are frequently the initiator of a child's sports experience while the fathers typically influence the type of the sport. There are two types of sports parents, it is based of our level of involvement and the type of parents. The fanatical parents will harp on the coach, officials, and their child in an attempt to have their needs met. The child who has this type of parent may experience pre-game stress, competitive stress and/or feelings of inadequacy. Eventually the child may grow despondent and refuse to play.
This article to me is very important because it gives guidelines on picking sports, which is very important because I'm sure we have all played sports or dance, or other activities that we didn't want to and hated, but still our parents made us finish out the lessons because they paid for it. Also, when labeling a parent as fanatic will be in insult to some. If i was ever called a fanatic parents I would try to look at what I was doing to see why people were labeling me as that.
4.) This article includes information on discovering which types of parental involvement best draw parents into the schools physically and are most effective in improving academic achievement . Attending school programs, extra-curricular activities, conferences, and 'back to school' nights were the most common. Schools need to be able to alert parents and the community to events and keep them updated as times and locations change. Many schools now use websites to communicate with students, parents, and the community.
"School,Parent, and Communications." Media & Methods 41 (2007). Academic Search Premier. EBSCO Host. 24 Nov. 2007.
I like this article because of its interest in trying to keep people involved. Because it sees the importance of parent involvement in students activities. I know my school, and all the schools in my township all have websites that are very helpful. There were also a website that you could go on and find out when a school sports team had practice or a game and for what week. It was very helpful to have a website and different ways of communication and involvement.
Contributed by: Stefanie Szelingowski
1.) This article is about a mother and her child, she enrolled him in three team sports, church activities, scouts, and had piano lessons twice a week. Kevin(*) was anxious, having trouble sleeping, and complaining that he was tired all the time. Doctors concluded that he had too much of a stressful schedule. His mother thought that they were crazy. Stress isn't always a bad thing. Your over scheduled child could be missing out on time to play in a natural creative way, family relationship, extended family relationships, and self-awareness. To relieve stress on your child, eliminate some but not all activities. The symptoms for an over scheduled child are, headache, upset stomach, tearful over minor things, continual fatigue, irritability, thumb-sucking, bed wetting, disinterest in activities once enjoyed, clinging more to parents, complaining abut homework, chores or other responsibilities, frequent arguing, declining grades, behavioral problems.
Elkins, David. "The Overbooked Child: are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard?" Pyschology Today 36 (2003): 64-70. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO Host. 24 Nov. 2007.
With this article I felt that even though sports and activities are a good thing to get your child involved with, you must keep an eye out for if you are pushing your child to hard. You can easily relieve the stress that is on your child.
2.) This article involves some fundamental principles to help make decisions about what might work best for your family. They are limit activities, develop healthy skepticism, give yourself a break, family is a priority, buyer beware, character counts, be unproductive, childhood is a preparation, not a performance, pleasure has a place in parents' lives, pleasure has a place in kids' lives too, leave empty spaces on your calendar, there is no single right way to parents, and as a parent you must trust yourself.
This article included good ideas on ways to keep the entire family active in extra curricular activities. This is important because if the family isn't happy then each person in the family will feel like they are under stress.
Wise, Nicole, and Alvin Rosenfeld. "The Overscheduled Child." Hyper Parenting. 24 Nov. 2007 <http://www.hyper
parenting.com/start.htm>.
3.) Sports are the most prevalent organized after-school activity for 22 million youth ages 5-17 i the United States. Another 21 million children are involved in school athletics or organized weekend sports activities. Sports can be fun and engaging way for children and youth to learn some important lessons about life. Participating in sports can foster responsible social behaviors, greater academic success, and an appreciation for health and fitness. Participating on a team can also give children a sense of belonging that they need. In contrast, research shows that a win-at-all-cost atmosphere in a youth sports program is harmful to youth's development. In such a situation the benefits that sports have to offer are lost. In addition, negative experiences in sports are linked to low self-worth and fear of failure. Adults involved in youth sports play a crucial role in preventing this from happening.
What you can do as a parent is to take time to learn about youth development, respect your child's need for knowledge. Be careful not to push your thoughts, ideas, and dreams onto your child. Remember that sports are primarily on opportunity to learn and have fun. Ask these questions before committing your child to sports.
When picking a sport or extra curricular activity parents need to understand their child's development level, interest in a particular sport, skills or talents, and emotional and physical needs. As a parent, you need to raise the following questions before making the commitment to enroll your child in a sports organization or program.
Mothers are frequently the initiator of a child's sports experience while the fathers typically influence the type of the sport. There are two types of sports parents, it is based of our level of involvement and the type of parents. The fanatical parents will harp on the coach, officials, and their child in an attempt to have their needs met. The child who has this type of parent may experience pre-game stress, competitive stress and/or feelings of inadequacy. Eventually the child may grow despondent and refuse to play.
Perkins, Daniel F. "Parent's Guide: Putting YOUTH Back Into Sports." 26 July-Aug. 2007. 24 Nov. 2007 <http://education.com/references/article/Red_Putting_YOUTH_Back_into_Sports.htm>.
This article to me is very important because it gives guidelines on picking sports, which is very important because I'm sure we have all played sports or dance, or other activities that we didn't want to and hated, but still our parents made us finish out the lessons because they paid for it. Also, when labeling a parent as fanatic will be in insult to some. If i was ever called a fanatic parents I would try to look at what I was doing to see why people were labeling me as that.
4.) This article includes information on discovering which types of parental involvement best draw parents into the schools physically and are most effective in improving academic achievement . Attending school programs, extra-curricular activities, conferences, and 'back to school' nights were the most common. Schools need to be able to alert parents and the community to events and keep them updated as times and locations change. Many schools now use websites to communicate with students, parents, and the community.
"School,Parent, and Communications." Media & Methods 41 (2007). Academic Search Premier. EBSCO Host. 24 Nov. 2007.
I like this article because of its interest in trying to keep people involved. Because it sees the importance of parent involvement in students activities. I know my school, and all the schools in my township all have websites that are very helpful. There were also a website that you could go on and find out when a school sports team had practice or a game and for what week. It was very helpful to have a website and different ways of communication and involvement.
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